Always "at work". The constitutional guarantees for networked people and personalities

Abstract

This paper deals with the theme of work starting from its possible (re)definition at the time of the digital economy. It is based on a broader research on the right of access to the Internet and the effectiveness of its operation, as currently recognised and guaranteed at national and EU level. After reviewing the current guarantees of the right to work it assesses their effectiveness in the context of the digital economy. Subsequently, it hypothesizes some more specific lines of legal research on a phenomenon definable as implicit work, that is, the online activities not immediately perceived or considered as properly work, although they produce some of the effects of work provision, primarily the production of wealth.